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Friday
17Nov

wasted talent

DateNov 17, 2006

Over at I Will Fucking Tear You Apart, I was reviewed by Love Bites. And ... oh! ... I got bit, love.

shortbus.gif"So, I give it two stars for the content and for having the potential to be a great blogger, but the short bus for being 70% mundane and 30% great. Oh, and for the stupid ugly buttons in the sidebar. Get rid of bust, get rid of Avitable's fat face, get rid of all the other stupid blog promotion buttons, and focus on giving us a little more soul in your writing. You've got it. You've got a gift. Stop squandering it, and start honing it. There are ten million bloggers out there who would gladly rip your gift for words/soul out of your fingers and throw you into the dust for 1/10 of the writing talent you're wasting in most of your *space filler* posts."

Sadly, she's right. (About the writing...Avi's fat face stays.)

That's a little hard to admit. But I appreciate the honesty.

And my buddy Bitter Bitch will be happy to know what LB thinks of the color..."The blog design is nice and clean, although I must say I'm not a fan of green. Particularly that shade of green. It makes me bilious."

She should've been here in October for the Pepto-Pink.

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Glad you enjoyed the review. You've got the stuff girl. Use it....wisely.
Nov 17, 2006 at 02:36PM | Unregistered Commenterlil_love_bites
Another thought....create a page specifically for all those stupid buttons and avitable's fat face, and just put a link to that page. Call it "back of the house."
Nov 17, 2006 at 02:37PM | Unregistered Commenterlil_love_bites
Congrats on handling the review so gracefully.
Am I the only person in the world that likes the green background?? It looks really cute, especially, with the orange.
And I have to agree with the reviewer's compliment on the fact that your 'toon actually resembles you. I almost dumped an entire entry out about all my theories/annoyances behind women who have these really smokin' representations that look NOT A THING like them!! I find it weirdly sad, actually.
Nov 17, 2006 at 02:43PM | Unregistered Commenterdiane
So there.
Nov 17, 2006 at 02:50PM | Unregistered CommenterBitter Bitch
Pffft.
Nov 17, 2006 at 03:13PM | Unregistered Commenterhcg
I like the green. It's soothing.

And my holy face gives your blog a certain . . . gravitas.
Nov 17, 2006 at 03:27PM | Unregistered CommenterAvitable
Day-glo green is not soothing. Avitable is colour blind. (and he was dropped on his head repeatedly.)
Nov 17, 2006 at 03:43PM | Unregistered CommenterBitter Bitch
BB, it just hurts your eyes because of your advanced age! Us kids like the bright shiny colors.
Nov 17, 2006 at 04:02PM | Unregistered CommenterAvitable
Keep the green. It has energy!
Nov 17, 2006 at 04:17PM | Unregistered CommenterKristi
If BB is so old...then wouldn't her sight be failing? We could ask Mike. He's, like, 100.
Nov 17, 2006 at 04:36PM | Unregistered Commenterhcg
Yeah, he's the geezer of the bunch.
Nov 17, 2006 at 04:38PM | Unregistered CommenterAvitable
Your buttons are far enough down the side so as not to be distracting. I rarely look at them.

I like the green, too.

And your writing is good.
Nov 17, 2006 at 06:34PM | Unregistered CommenterNessa
I like the green and I love your blog, and I think the review was right on the mark - you've definitely got the stuff!! Congrats!
Nov 17, 2006 at 07:37PM | Unregistered CommenterEvil Genius
The green is very nice. I had a thought though, something I've never noticed before.

Your toon' is a bit out of proportion. The cartoon you would have to be awkwardly bent at the knees -- otherwise the body is out of proportion with the legs.

....look, all I'm saying is that you need to keep the same size cup and just um...show a little more skin.

...all for the sake of proportions, of course.
Nov 18, 2006 at 02:15PM | Unregistered CommenterPhil
Your writing rocks and the green is nice. Keep riding the short bus!
Nov 18, 2006 at 07:19PM | Unregistered CommenterMelissa B
hey coffee girl!
green color is great
Nov 20, 2006 at 06:25PM | Unregistered Commentermike

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